Verse 2.20.148

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.20.148:

অনিন্দক হৈ’ যে সকৃত্ `কৃষ্ণ’ বলে সত্য সত্য কৃষ্ণ তা’রে উদ্ধারিব হেলে ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

अनिन्दक है’ ये सकृत् `कृष्ण’ बले सत्य सत्य कृष्ण ता’रे उद्धारिब हेले ॥ १४८ ॥

anindaka hai’ ye sakṛt `kṛṣṇa’ bale satya satya kṛṣṇa tā’re uddhāriba hele || 148 ||

anindaka hai’ ye sakrt `krsna’ bale satya satya krsna ta’re uddhariba hele (148)

English translation:

(148) Kṛṣṇa will certainly deliver anyone who chants His names without offense or blasphemy.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

One who renounces the blasphemy of saintly persons and then chants the name of Kṛṣṇa even once can easily attain the mercy of the Lord. But offenders at the feet of the holy names commit offenses at the lotus feet of the spiritual master by blaspheming the saintly persons and thus become offenders at the feet of the Supreme Lord by blaspheming the spiritual master. What to speak of achieving love of God, which is the fruit of chanting the holy names, by blaspheming the Supreme Lord they gradually become bound by eight ropes, and as a result of committing offenses to the holy names, they are not even able to achieve religiosity, economic development, or sense gratification.